Lao PDR (WorldBank)

NOTE: The most recent year's information is shown below. Click on the year to see all years for this indicator.

COMMUNICATION
2018	3,662,336	Mobile cellular subscriptions
2017	26	Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
ECONOMY
2016	0.80	Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
2016	0.93	Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
2018	131.5	Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
2018	2.0	Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2013	0.2	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	78.1	Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	107	Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	12,401,984,306	Adjusted net national income (current US$)
2017	2.6	Adjusted net national income (annual % growth)
2017	1,784	Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$)
2017	18	Gross savings (% of GDP)
EMPLOYMENT
2017	3.5	Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
2019	20.0	Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2018	1,831,338	Labor force, female
2019	3,800,051	Labor force, total
2017	9.4	Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
GOVERNMENT
2017	2.0	Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
HEALTH
2012	1.5	Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2014	0.5	Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2017	24	Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	7	Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	69	Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2017	67	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2017	66	Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2017	2.7	Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
LAND
2016	23,690	Agricultural land (sq. km)
2016	10.3	Agricultural land (% of land area)
2016	6.6	Arable land (% of land area)
2016	82.1	Forest area (% of land area)
2018	230,800.0	Land area (sq. km)
2010	227,856	Rural land area (sq. km)
2010	1,019	Urban land area (sq. km)
2018	236,800	Surface area (sq. km)
POPULATION
2018	386,014	Population ages 00-04, female
2018	401,919	Population ages 00-04, male
2018	348,296	Population ages 15-19, female
2018	356,932	Population ages 15-19, male
2018	346,234	Population ages 20-24, female
2018	351,270	Population ages 20-24, male
2018	324,479	Population ages 25-29, female
2018	329,194	Population ages 25-29, male
2018	277,363	Population ages 30-34, female
2018	281,059	Population ages 30-34, male
2018	233,006	Population ages 35-39, female
2018	231,822	Population ages 35-39, male
2018	196,923	Population ages 40-44, female
2018	197,632	Population ages 40-44, male
2018	166,199	Population ages 45-49, female
2018	166,551	Population ages 45-49, male
2018	136,275	Population ages 50-54, female
2018	135,337	Population ages 50-54, male
2018	110,505	Population ages 55-59, female
2018	111,699	Population ages 55-59, male
2018	85,704	Population ages 60-64, female
2018	84,926	Population ages 60-64, male
2018	64,250	Population ages 65-69, female
2018	56,476	Population ages 65-69, male
2018	44,513	Population ages 70-74, female
2018	33,044	Population ages 70-74, male
2018	28,267	Population ages 75-79, female
2018	21,054	Population ages 75-79, male
2018	24,029	Population ages 80 and above, female
2018	16,111	Population ages 80 and above, male
2018	1.5	Population growth (annual %)
2018	7,061,507	Population, total
2018	3,515,879	Population, female
2018	49.8	Population, female (% of total population)
2018	3,545,628	Population, male
2018	50	Population, male (% of total population)
2018	4,589,697	Rural population
2018	65	Rural population (% of total population)
2018	2,471,810	Urban population
2018	35	Urban population (% of total population)
POVERTY
2012	59	Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
2012	85	Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
TRANSPORT
2018	10,173	Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
2018	2	Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
2018	1,251,962	Air transport, passengers carried